ORIGIN: Quebec and New Brunswick, Canada.
This vessel is said to appear on foggy nights or during stormy weather, with its sails lit with burning flames of fire.
All who saw it described it as a majestic, old-fashioned ship with masts and sails fully let, yet completely on fire by flames that never seemed to destroy it.
The legend dates back to the 18th century, with countless reports from fishermen, sailors, and residents along Chaleur Bay claiming to have seen the ghost ship.
Some believe it is a harbinger of doom, warning of a close up disaster at sea.
Others think it is the spirit of a ship doomed by piracy or misfortune, cursed to burn for eternity as a reminder of its tragic end.
One popular tale tells that the ship was attacked by privateers, who slaughtered the crew and set the vessel ablaze, leaving it to drift into legend.
Despite the beauty of the ship, sailors know that to see the Phantom Ship often means death or a shipwreck.